Argyle council approves Heritage Tract planned-development zoning, OKs economic development agreement

Argyle Town Council on March 17 approved a planned‑development zoning change and related economic development agreement for the Heritage Tract, a roughly 123.93‑acre project at the southwest corner of I‑35W and Robeson Ranch Road, that developers say will include retail, a wellness district and a hospital campus. The vote was unanimous.

Councilors and staff said the project will be reduced in size from an earlier 195‑acre concept and that the developer agreed to a set of conditions the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended in March. The council also approved the Heritage Track Economic Development 380 agreement (as modified in executive session) tied to the project.

The change rezones the property from Agricultural (AG) to a Planned Development (PD) with base districts of Office Retail (OR), Community Retail (CR) and Community Facilities (CF). The developer presented an illustrative plan showing a grocer pad at the corner, a wellness district and a hospital parcel; staff emphasized the illustrations are informational and not mandatory binding layouts.

Developer Jim Wills said his ownership group has held the land for more than two decades and described the site as a regional retail-and‑medical corner.…